A/N: Another friggin' chapter~ Haha, it took me a while until I finally found out about the name of that one bar Spirit's always at in the Soul Eater anime!

Well, I don't really have much to say, but enjoy~ !

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

"We're leaving!" I shouted from the front door, waiting for a response from my sisters. I stood there quietly for a few minutes.

"They're probably still sleeping," I assumed. I closed the doors & ran, trying to catch up with Kid, Liz & Patti. Today was another peaceful & sunny day. Sometimes, I wonder if it ever rains here in Death City.

"You seem more quiet than usual. Is something bothering you?" Kid asked as we walked up the stairs of the DWMA. I blinked a couple of times & thought. He had a point, I'm usually never this quiet but nothing seemed to be bothering me either.

"It's nothing. I don't understand why I'm being so quiet either," I replied quietly.

I stared at my feet, listening to the sound of pitter patter on the ground from other students. I eventually bumped into someone once we were in the halls of the academy. I looked up & saw that the "someone" was the Hiro guy from before.

"I heard the rumors Chibi. Are you okay? Are you hurt?" he asked, holding my hand as he got down onto one knee.

"When will this guy ever stop?" Liz muttered. She & Patti continued their walk to the classroom, leaving Kid & I to do our business. I sighed in frustration.

"Hiro –" I started.

I was interrupted by Kid.

He smacked away Hiro's hand & stood in front of me.

"I thought we had settled this before. And if you haven't figured out yet, she's my girlfriend. Now screw off," he snapped.

I looked over Kid's shoulder. Hiro seemed to be unhappy with what he just heard.

"Screw off? I'm sure Chibi deserves someone better than some perfection freak like you. What do you say, Chibi? Spend a day with me?" Hiro said, trying to get past Kid. He kept Hiro from passing him & pushed him back, almost making Hiro fall to the ground.

"I'm a perfection freak? If I'm such a freak as you say, I would've yelled at Chibi by now for having one stand on one side of her hair curled into a heart without having the same happening on the other side. I love her more than I love perfection. I'll repeat myself one last time, screw off," Kid argued.

They had been so busy fighting over me, they hadn't noticed there was a huge crowd that formed around them.

"Um, Kid…" I muttered.

Nothing seemed to be getting his attention off of his argument with Hiro.

I noticed Hiro was clenching his fists.

Oh no, he's going to swing at Kid, I thought. He raised his fist, getting ready for the blow. Before he was able to land a punch on Kid, I stood in front of him. I took the hit for Kid. It didn't hurt me of course.

"Wow! She didn't even flinch!" I heard a few of the students whisper.

Hiro's eyes started to widen once he noticed he had punched me. I stared at him with a mean look.

"You will not be laying a single finger on Kid. I may seem weak, but you shouldn't be underestimating me," I muttered.

I started to slowly walk towards him as backed away, trying to avoid contact with me.

"I swear Hiro, if you decide to make ANY struggles with him in the future, I promise you… You're bound to get your ass beat by a girl. And that girl will be me," I said, the demonic tone of voice mixed in with my voice again.

He scratched his head. "I'm s-sorry Chibi! I w-won't do i-it a-again!" he stammered.

I stopped walking towards him. I returned to my normal innocent state.

"Okay, thank you!" I said cheerfully. I turned around to Kid. "C'mon, let's get to class! We're gonna be late!"

I grabbed Kid's arm & dragged him through the crowd.

While we sat in class waiting for Professor Stein to walk in, Kid had tapped my shoulder.

"Hm?" I turned to him.

"What was that back there? You didn't have to protect me. I could've taken the hit," Kid said. It seemed as if he were complaining.

"I didn't want you to get into some stupid fight with him," I said, crossing my arms. "Hmph! You should be happy."

I assumed Liz overheard us. I heard her sighing. "Did it really go that far between them?" she asked, peeking past Kid.

I nodded my head violently. "Yeah! There was even a crowd watching!"

"Kid got in a fight!" Patti exclaimed, bursting into laughter. I never understood why she found the smallest things to be so funny.

"Okay, I'm sorry. He's really getting on my nerves though," Kid muttered.

I hoped not to see Hiro later that day, but hey… The boy just can't stay away from me.

During break, as I was walking to the bathroom, Hiro came up to me.

"Chibi, I'm really sorry for what happened earlier. Here, want a juice?"

He pulled out a little juice box with apple juice in it.

"Um, thanks," I said, taking the juice. I wasn't planning on drinking it, but I saved it for the sister of mine who's obsessed with apples.

"Do you happen to have a sandwich in there too?" My stomach was growling. I could really use something to eat & I also didn't feel like wasting my own money today.

Hiro started to dig into his brown paper bag & eventually pulled a deli sandwich out.

"Here you go!" he said, happily handing over the food.

"Okay, thanks! See you later!" I exclaimed, turning around to go find Kid before Hiro tries to start a conversation with me.

"He needs to stay away from me!" I shouted as I banged my head onto the table.

"If you want, I'll have a little "chat" with him to keep him away from you," Kid said, taking a bite out of his burger. I looked up at him & frowned.

"Haha, you're funny. Kid, I know you're just going to get into another argument again," I sighed.

Maka & Soul came over & joined our conversation.

"Hey, what's up?" Soul said with his signature lopsided grin. Maka had her face in a book again. I wonder how she was so into reading.

"Not much. Just talking about how annoying Hiro can be sometimes," I muttered.

"Hiro, huh? He tries too hard to act cool," he replied, rolling his eyes.

"He tries too hard to try & get me to like him," I sighed. Never had fun in school & I guess I never will.

"Oh yeah, don't forget about the dare my little sister gave you. She'll be waiting," I said as I sat up. Soul sighed.

"She's cool but that dare isn't. She should've stuck with playing dress up on Kid," he pouted, crossing his arms.

"HEY! I'm right here! I can hear everything you two are saying!" Kid shouted, pounding his fist on the table. I guess I'm not the only one who's sensitive sometimes.

The bell rung & everyone went back to sit in their regular seats. Once again, we had to wait for Stein.

"Why's he been so late to class all of a sudden?" I muttered. I looked over at Kid .

He didn't seem to be noticing anything. Oh well, I guess it's just me & my imagination again.

We walked home with Soul today. He's really interesting when you talk to him. That's what I found out.

"So are you sure Maka's okay with this? You coming over to Kid's everyday for almost a month?" I asked, reassuring him. I didn't want Maka to think that my sister was trying to steal her partner or anything close to that.

"Yeah, she's fine with it. I'm sure she can take a break from me."

Soul's always so casual of things. He's pretty laid back too.

As Kid opened the door, I started to pray the house wasn't a complete disaster. We walked in & it was still as clean as it was this morning.

"Wow, I guess Epsie listened to me after all," I muttered.

I started my search around the house for the girls. In the living room, I saw Maka & Kirsten on the couch watching TV. They looked as if they had been working all day & were now worn out.

"Where's Epsie?" I asked them.

Maka looked up at me. "She went with Blair to that one store where the chicks comfort their customers. Chupa Cabra's, I think? Man, I don't even know. I'll tell you what, she made a mess in this house & left. She expected Kirsten & I to clean it all before you came back," Maka answered quietly. Now you've done it, you've pissed me off Epsie…

I walked back out into the foyer.

"So where's Maka at?" Soul asked, leaning casually against the wall. I pointed to the room I just came out of. "She's in there."

Soul nodded his head & began his walk into the room.

"Hey, give this to her while you're at it," I said, throwing the juice box at him. He caught it and continued his walk in.

He's going to end up running a bunch of errands since Maka's so tired.

"Any sign of Epsie around?" Kid asked as he approached me. I looked at him & shook my head. "No, she's off with Blair again."

Kid & I walked up into his room. I could really take a nap, but I'd rather talk to Kid. I laid down on his bed as he sat beside me, reading a book. I wanted to ask what he was reading but thought I'd be a bit of a distraction.

"You're still pretty quiet. What's going on in that mind of your's?" Kid closed his book & set it aside. He looked at me waiting for a response. I sat up & sighed.

"I honestly don't know," I muttered.

Kid put his hand over my shoulder & pushed me against him.

"Whatever is wrong, it's going to be okay," he whispered.

We sat in silence until we heard something going on downstairs. We peeked out the door & saw Epsie walking in. She was drunk.

"WOO! It sure ish fun over there!" she shouted. Her speaking was slurred & she couldn't keep her balance. I walked down there to help her get her sense back. I snapped & got a pan.

"Why'd you leave Maka & Kirsten all alone?" I questioned. I already knew she was going to answer me with something stupid.

"I di… diiid? Ohh, I shhought I brouuuught theem wiith mee, hehe," she answered, falling to the floor. I sighed & raised my frying pan.

"Why did you make them clean up your mess?" I uttered. She better give me a much more reasonable answer this time.

"Ohhh that'sh eashy! I waash rushing to geet out!" She even said it in a cheerful tone.

I frowned & whacked her with my pan.

"Get your ass out of here until you regain your senses," I mumbled, walking away.

I sat on the top of the stairs. I thought of how long it was going to be until I went back home to explain everything to Papa. I most certainly did not want to leave. I've had so much fun here.

My eyes started to water. I held the tears in, hoping I wouldn't cry for once.

"Sis, what's wrong?"

I looked up & saw Kirsten standing in front of me with her favorite plushie – Elli, who had been stitched up from an incident long ago – in her hand. I wiped away a tear that was in the corner of my eye.

"It's nothing. Don't worry about it. Thanks for asking," I said, almost in a whisper.

"No, you're hiding something. I know there's something wrong," she said. "It's okay Chibi."

Kirsten came up to me & hugged me for comfort. After that, she continued her walk up the stairs to her room. Right when she left, Kid appeared.

"Let's go. You look like you could sure use some ice cream."

He held out his hand & helped me up.

"Thank you, Kid."